Barr defends handling of Russia report release, calling Mueller letter ?a bit snitty?

William Barr defended his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller?s Russia report amid new revelations that Mueller expressed frustration to Barr about how he was portraying the investigation?s findings.

Read the letter from Robert Mueller to AG William Barr

The letter was released to the public on Wednesday.

SCOT LEHIGH

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/05/01/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Scot_Lehigh_150px-1083.jpg William Barr?s self-inflicted scars

Some of William Barr?s responses didn?t even pass the laugh test.

Alleged shooter still at large after bank robbery investigation in Somerville

Police searched Somerville?s busy Davis Square area after a bank robber allegedly fired his gun to menace bank employees and then fired again at a police officer before fleeing on foot.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/05/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/samaritan.jpg Man who bumped into Somerville bank robbery suspect says he was ?in a position to react?

Web developer Dave Powers, hailed as a hero for trying to help police, could hardly believe he did it himself.

Opinion | Alan Wirzbicki

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse23superintendent5.jpg Playing it safe with the new BPS superintendent?

Marie Izquierdo should be the front-runner. The fact that she?s not says a lot about the city and Mayor Marty Walsh.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/05/01/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/c7ada4cada284b8fada590f8eed1e735-c7ada4cada284b8fada590f8eed1e735-0.jpg New national polls suggest Warren gaining momentum in presidential race

There are early signs Senator Elizabeth Warren?s relentless focus on policy detail and face time with voters could help her break into the top tier of candidates.

The expedited security check is one of several ways Massport is trying to improve Logan Express service.

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If you take this bus to Logan Airport, Massport will let you cut the security line

In a new program that started Wednesday, riders who take the Logan Express bus from Back Bay will be given an orange ticket for a TSA priority line.

Actress Felicity Huffman  leaves Federal Court.

LA?s elite on edge as prosecutors pursue more parents in admissions scandal

Federal prosecutors are pursuing a new set of parents in the college admissions fraud scandal, sending ripples of fear through elite circles in Southern California.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/kraft2-21766-6171.jpg Judge orders Kraft to appear in court later in month

Judge Leonard Hanser didn?t immediately issue a ruling, but he did order the Patriots owner to appear later in the month at a hearing on whether both sides are ready for trial.

Commissioned by the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, 38-year-old artist Stefan

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Here?s a look at the new Dewey Square mural that?s going up near South Station

The giant image of two barn swallows is being installed by Dutch artist Stefan Thelen, who goes by the alter ego Super A.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/05/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Tlumacki_michaelhansen_business007.jpg Boston-based Cengage to merge with rival publisher McGraw-Hill

The deal between two of the biggest textbook publishers in the United States will have consequences here.

RED SOX 7, ATHLETICS 3

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/05/01/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davisbosoak3Aspts-5954.jpg Red Sox finish off three-game sweep of Athletics

Red Sox hitters stayed hot and the bullpen was effective in the win at Fenway Park. The team finished its homestand at 5-4 and embarks on an eight-game road trip with momentum.

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Q&A with ?Jeopardy!? champ James Holzhauer: Strategy, nerves, and the best bet he?s ever made

The 34-year-old professional gambler from Las Vegas, who returns again Wednesday night, just keeps on winning.

Pedestrians with umbrellas walked by tulips beginning to bloom during a light morning rain in the Boston Public Garden.

Dave Epstein

Weekend forecast for Greater Boston: April showers bring . . . May showers

The contrast between the cool air we have over us and the warmer air not far away will once bring clouds and precipitation into the weekend.

Bernard Fabrot, a self-taught programmer from Belgium, spent three and a half years computing the solution to a puzzle that was supposed to take 35 years to solve.

This guy cracked an MIT puzzle that was supposed to take 35 years to solve

Bernard Fabrot, a self-taught programmer from Belgium, solved a cryptographic puzzle that was first unveiled by MIT researchers in 1999.

Love Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/Meredith_New_Logo-3081.jpg My wife lied about her evening with a famous athlete

There was more to this bachelorette party than just hanging out at the casino bar.

01-23-19: Boston, MA: Boston Celtics television play by play announcer Mike Gorman is pictured as he leaves the TD Garden and heads home following a Celtics victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers. (Jim Davis /Globe Staff) 01-23-19: Boston, MA: Boston Celtics television play by play announcer Mike Gorman is pictured as he leaves the TD Garden and heads home following a Celtics victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers. (Jim Davis /Globe Staff)

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ADAM HIMMELSBACH

?Got it!? The winding, improbable journey of Celtics voice Mike Gorman

Gorman shares a few stories for the first time: a Naval tragedy that still haunts him, the time he nearly fought Tommy Heinsohn, and an important beer-league softball game.

Mr. L?Heureux joined the faculty at Stanford University in 1973. He also taught at Georgetown, Tufts, and Harvard universities.

obituary

?And thus my suicide began,? prolific author John L?Heureux wrote in his final essay ?On Death and Dignity?

John L?Heureux, 84, who died April 22, was a longtime professor at Stanford University and the author of more than 20 books.

Cooking | Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/29/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/toast0505cook.jpg Recipes: An easy, and impressive, Mother?s Day brunch menu

Get creative with sherry-soaked French toast, stove-top chocolate cake, and a salad with candied pecans.

Movie review | ? ?½

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/29/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/2(1).jpg ?Dogman?: a kind of parable set near Naples ? and far from heaven

The title of ?Dogman? denotes what the movie?s lowly hero does for a living: He washes dogs. It also describes his place in the cramped social hierarchy of his Italian town.

Everett, MA, 03/5/2019 -- The new Wynn Casino is seen in Everett. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: 06wynn Reporter:

?Everyone is going to know Everett?: The public reacts to casino decision

Around Everett, local politicians and everyday residents said they were pleased that the Massachusetts Gaming Commission deemed Wynn Resorts suitable to keep its casino license.

TARA SULLIVAN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/11/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/tsullivan.jpg Where have the Bruins we saw all season gone?

The Bruins would be wise to figure it out by Thursday night and Game 4.

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Ideas | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

Are we addicted to anger?

We are angrier than ever before. Is there a scientific explanation for why fury is so intoxicating?

Michael A. Cohen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/05/01/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/cohen%20(1)-1080.jpg Trump ignores Constitution with his subpoena fight

The president cannot pick and choose the laws he chooses to abide by. Democrats must begin impeachment proceedings.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/02/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/ptown7.jpg We?re digging into climate change on the Cape. We want your help

Climate change has changed Cape Cod, and it?s only going to become more apparent as the years progress. Tell us your experiences, what worries you, how you?re already affected.

Greg Shell on evening economic disparities

As managing director of the Bain Capital Double Impact Fund, Greg Shell works to identify and fund companies that offer profitable models for addressing critical social problems.

Special reports

The house at 212 Forest St.

He bought the fencing coach?s house. Then his son got into Harvard

The Needham house was assessed at $549,300, but sold for nearly a million dollars. The buyer, who never lived a day there, would sell it 17 months later at a substantial loss in what may become the next chapter in the national debate over fairness in college admissions.

Munch Madness

Munch Madness | Final

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/munch.jpg And the Munch Madness winner is . . .

Beloved Boston bakery Flour takes the cake over Sarma to clinch Munch Madness 2019.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Season Two: How do you meet someone?

Dating in 2019 is?complicated. Frustrating. Sometimes completely exhilarating. In Season 2 of the podcast, Meredith Goldstein goes deep on one of her most-asked questions.

Newsletters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Baseball-108-Stitches-C-6305.jpg 108 Stitches

Follow the Sox as they try to repeat as world champs, with insight and analysis from the Globe?s beat writers and columnists. Sign up here.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Spring blossoms

In celebration of Earth Day, a look at photographs depicting the beautiful transformation of spring landscapes all over the globe.

Spring House Hunt

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/12sellersxref.jpg The things home sellers do that can turn off buyers or kill a sale

A hot housing market forgives a lot of mistakes, but that doesn?t stop sellers from undermining their own home sale.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/05/01/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AdobeStock_69649061-1024x576.jpg Opinion: #MeToo has done little to improve medicine for female physicians

Two surveys of female physicians show that ?it?s hard? to work in the still-patriarchal health care system.

Podcasts